Untold Ref Review: Manchester City 3 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur

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Today’s referee is Howard Webb – How was his score at the end of the day?

MATCH REVIEW DETAILS – Howard Webb (2012-01-22)

Period 1

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

7

OTHER

Clichy

Walker

C

Push

1

9

OTHER

Parker

Nasri

NC

Kicked him on the ankle

1

10

YELLOW

Clichy

C

Prevens a quick throw in by blocking the ball with his hands. Ref had no option but to book him

2

17

OTHER

Savic

Defoe

NC

Held him by his arm, not given

1

23

OFFSIDE

ManC

C

correct

1

24

OTHER

Lennon

Clichy

C

Push

1

24

OTHER

Dzeko

Parker

C

Push

1

25

OTHER

VDVaart

Dzeko

C

Push

1

26

OTHER

Parker

Dzeko

C

came in a bit late

1

33

OTHER

Milner

Modric

C

Trip

1

35

OTHER

Lescott

Bale

C

Trip

1

35

YELLOW

Lescott

NC

A promising attack and if he wouldn’t have been fouled he could have been in a dangerous position. Ref only speaks to him

2

39

OTHER

VDVaart

Barry

C

Trip

1

39

YELLOW

VDVaart

NC

Vdvaart shows openly and strong how unhappy he is with the decision. No card for dissent? Wealk from the ref

2

40

OTHER

Richards

Bale

C

Trip

1

42

OTHER

Walker

Aguaro

NC

Held him by his arm, not given

1

Period 2

Min

Type

Foul from

On

C/NC

Comment

Weight

48

PENALTY

Kaboul

C

A cross from 1 meter out hits the arm of the defender who held his arm in front of his body. Correct no penalty given

3

50

OTHER

Defoe

Savic

C

Pulled the defender by the shirt

1

52

OTHER

Parker

Aguero

C

Held him by the arm and finaly tripped him

1

52

YELLOW

Parker

C

Continuing fouling, correct card

2

52

PENALTY

Essou ekoto

Savic

NC

The defeneder was holing Savic by his arm so he couldn’t jump to win the header and the ball was played in his direction.

3

54

OTHER

Vdvaart

Nasri

C

Trip

1

56

GOAL

MancC

C

correct goal

3

59

GOAL

MancC

C

correct goal

3

60

GOAL

Tottenham

C

correct goal

3

62

OFFSIDE

Tottenham

C

assumed correct

1

65

GOAL

Tottenham

C

correct goal

3

67

OTHER

Vdvaart

Balotellu

C

little trip

1

72

OTHER

Milner

C

Handball assumed correct

1

75

OTHER

Lescott

Kaboul

NC

Lescott swings his elbow in the face of Kaboul and he had to make an effort to make this swing

1

75

RED

Lescott

NC

Facing your opponent and then swingin in the elbow should be a red card, nothing given

3

76

OTHER

Walker

Balotellu

C

Trip

1

79

OTHER

Balotelli

Essou Ekoto

C

Trip

1

79

YELLOW

Balotelli

C

came late

2

82

OTHER

Barry

Parker

C

Blocked him with the arm

1

82

YELLOW

Barry

NC

Protest loud and agressive, ref lets it go

2

83

OTHER

Balotelli

Parker

NC

Balotelli kicks Parker who had blocked a shot on the head

1

83

RED

Balotelli

NC

Should have been a red card for a deliberate stamp on the head of an opponent

3

85

OTHER

Silva

Kaboul

C

High foot

1

87

OFFSIDE

Manc

C

Keeper claims the ball and throws it out quickly to a free player, ref signals to put the flag down

1

90

OFFSIDE

Tottenham

C

assumed correct

1

94

PENALTY

King

Balotellu

C

clamps his legs around Balotelli

3

94

YELLOW

King

NC

A possible goal scoring chance, there was cover so a yellow card would have been enough but refs forgets is

2

94

GOAL

Manc

C

correct goal, but the man who scored should not have been on te field

3

Some talking points and I leave the not given red card against Balotelli was handled by the FA and rightly so. He hacked back with his heel on the head of Parker and this is not done.

City should have had another player sent off as Lescott went in against Kaboul in the second half and threw an elbow on the chin of the Tottenham player. As both players were facing each other Lescott knew that Kaboul was there and there was no need to move in with the arm like that and the ball had been played out of the danger zone by Lescott. Again Webb didn’t see it and neither did the FA. Maybe the fact that Lescott is English will have something to do with it?

COMPETENCY SUMMARY – Howard Webb (2012-01-22)

Period 1

Called

Total

Correct %

OFFSIDE

1

1

100.00

OTHER

9

12

75.00

YELLOW

1

3

33.33

TOTAL

11

16

68.75

WEIGHTED

12

19

63.16

Period 2

Called

Total

Correct %

GOAL

5

5

100.00

OFFSIDE

3

3

100.00

OTHER

9

11

81.82

PENALTY

2

3

66.67

RED

0

2

0.00

YELLOW

2

4

50.00

TOTAL

21

28

75.00

WEIGHTED

37

54

68.52

Totals

Called

Total

Correct %

GOAL

5

5

100.00

OFFSIDE

4

4

100.00

OTHER

18

23

78.26

PENALTY

2

3

66.67

RED

0

2

0.00

YELLOW

3

7

42.86

TOTAL

32

44

72.73

WEIGHTED

49

73

67.12

The score from the ref is rather high but this mostly goes down to the fact that 5 goals were scored and that they were correct.

BIAS SUMMARY – Howard Webb (2012-01-22)

Period 1

Manchester City

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

4

40.00

6

60.00

10

Correct For Weighted

4

40.00

6

60.00

10

Incorrect Against

4

66.67

2

33.33

6

Incorrect Against Weighted

6

66.67

3

33.33

9

Fouls Commited

8

57.14

6

42.86

14

Fouls Penalised

7

87.50

4

66.67

11

Period 2

Manchester City

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

12

57.14

9

42.86

21

Correct For Weighted

21

56.76

16

43.24

37

Incorrect Against

2

28.57

5

71.43

7

Incorrect Against Weighted

5

33.33

10

66.67

15

Fouls Commited

6

42.86

8

57.14

14

Fouls Penalised

5

83.33

7

87.50

12

Totals

Manchester City

%

Tottenham Hotspur

%

Total

Correct For

16

51.61

15

48.39

31

Correct For Weighted

25

53.19

22

46.81

47

Incorrect Against

6

46.15

7

53.85

13

Incorrect Against Weighted

11

45.83

13

54.17

24

Fouls Commited

14

50.00

14

50.00

28

Fouls Penalised

12

85.71

11

78.57

23

If we look at the final wrong decisions it was as if the ref gave both teams one half the benefit of the doubt. In the first half the decisions went against City but in the second half they went against Tottenham. At the end of the day the wrong calls were even out.

But Tottenham will feel hard done by the fact that the player on who the penalty foul was done should have been in the dressing room by then. To make things worse the same player converted the penalty. And despite Harry saying he never complains about the refs and his decisions I think he did. But in this case I can’t blame him.

is it just me or is johnson, a player i used to rate highly, a slimy cheat? not to say i watch man oil games regularly but when i do catch em and he’s playing he always seems to cheat in one way or another. i wonder how many decisions we’ll get our way in the euros with him and rooney going.